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Full name | John Drake Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 January 1888 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 April 1964 South Australia | (aged 76)|||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1908/9- | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-1928/29 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 10 (1936–1947) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 September 2024 |
John Drake ("Jack") Scott (31 January 1888 – 7 April 1964) was an Australian cricketer and Test match umpire. Scott played as a right-arm fast bowler and was also a useful lower-order right-handed batsman. He was the first man to dismiss Don Bradman in first-class cricket, in December 1927. Scott went on to umpire fifty games, including ten Ashes tests.